Nathaniel R Smilowitz, Kenneth L Harkin, Harmony R Reynolds
{"title":"Response by Smilowitz et al to Letter Regarding Article, \"Visual Estimates of Coronary Slow Flow Are Not Associated With Invasive Wire-Based Diagnoses of Coronary Microvascular Dysfunction\".","authors":"Nathaniel R Smilowitz, Kenneth L Harkin, Harmony R Reynolds","doi":"10.1161/CIRCINTERVENTIONS.124.014612","DOIUrl":"10.1161/CIRCINTERVENTIONS.124.014612","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":10330,"journal":{"name":"Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions","volume":" ","pages":"e014612"},"PeriodicalIF":6.1,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142342765","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"CCTA-Guided Invasive Coronary Angiography in Patients With CABG: A Multicenter, Randomized Study.","authors":"Grigorios Tsigkas,Fotios Toulgaridis,Anastasios Apostolos,Andreas Kalogeropoulos,Grigoris V Karamasis,Georgios Vasilagkos,Loukas Pappas,Konstantinos Toutouzas,Konstantinos Tsioufis,Panagiotis Korkonikitas,Ioannis Tsiafoutis,Michalis Hamilos,Antonios Ziakas,Ioannis Kanakakis,Athanasios Moulias,Petros Zampakis,Periklis Davlouros","doi":"10.1161/circinterventions.124.014045","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1161/circinterventions.124.014045","url":null,"abstract":"BACKGROUNDCoronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA) in patients with post-coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) has a high diagnostic accuracy for visualization of grafts. Invasive coronary angiography (ICA) in patients with CABG is associated with increased procedural time, contrast agent administration, radiation exposure, and complications, compared with non-CABG patients. The aim of this multicenter, randomized controlled trial was to compare the strategy of CCTA-guided ICA versus classic ICA in patients with prior CABG.METHODSPatients with prior CABG were randomly assigned (1:1 ratio) to have a CCTA before ICA (CCTA-ICA, group A) or not (ICA-only, group B). The primary end point of the study was the total volume (milliliters) of the contrast agent administered.RESULTSA total of 251 patients were randomized, and 225 were included in analysis; 110 in group A and 115 in group B. The total contrast volume was higher in group A (184.5 [143-255] versus 154 [102-240] mL; P=0.001). The contrast volume administered during the invasive procedure was lower in group A (101.5 [60-151] versus 154 [102-240]; P<0.001). Total fluoroscopy time was decreased in group A (480 [259-873] versus 594 [360-1080] seconds; P=0.027), but total effective dose was increased (24.1 [17.7-32] versus 10.8 [5.6-18] mSv; P<0.001). The rate of contrast-induced nephropathy, periprocedural complications, and major adverse cardiac events during 3 to 5 and 30 days did not differ significantly between the 2 groups.CONCLUSIONSA CCTA-directed ICA strategy for patients with CABG is associated with expedition of the invasive procedure, and less fluoroscopy time, at the cost of higher total contrast volume and effective radiation dose, compared with the classic ICA approach.REGISTRATIONURL: https://www.clinicaltrials.gov; Unique identifier: NCT04631809.","PeriodicalId":10330,"journal":{"name":"Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions","volume":"99 1","pages":"e014045"},"PeriodicalIF":5.6,"publicationDate":"2024-09-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142265868","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"CCTA to Routinely Guide Invasive Management in Patients With CABG: Over-Testing or Essential?","authors":"Richard McFarlane,Daniel A Jones,Colin Berry","doi":"10.1161/circinterventions.124.014605","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1161/circinterventions.124.014605","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":10330,"journal":{"name":"Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions","volume":"32 1","pages":"e014605"},"PeriodicalIF":5.6,"publicationDate":"2024-09-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142265875","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion in Patients Without Atrial Fibrillation Undergoing Cardiac Surgery: The Evidence Is Mounting.","authors":"Mark T Mills,Bilal H Kirmani,Gregory Y H Lip","doi":"10.1161/circinterventions.124.014633","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1161/circinterventions.124.014633","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":10330,"journal":{"name":"Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions","volume":"59 1","pages":"e014633"},"PeriodicalIF":5.6,"publicationDate":"2024-09-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142217550","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Massimo Baudo,Serge Sicouri,Yoshiyuki Yamashita,Mikiko Senzai,Patrick M McCarthy,Marc W Gerdisch,Richard P Whitlock,Basel Ramlawi
{"title":"Stroke Prevention With Prophylactic Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion in Cardiac Surgery Patients Without Atrial Fibrillation: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized and Propensity-Score Studies.","authors":"Massimo Baudo,Serge Sicouri,Yoshiyuki Yamashita,Mikiko Senzai,Patrick M McCarthy,Marc W Gerdisch,Richard P Whitlock,Basel Ramlawi","doi":"10.1161/circinterventions.124.014296","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1161/circinterventions.124.014296","url":null,"abstract":"BACKGROUNDThe role of left atrial appendage occlusion (LAAO) in patients without previous atrial fibrillation (AF) is not established. This meta-analysis was conducted on patients with normal sinus rhythm who underwent cardiac surgery, with and without concomitant LAAO, to evaluate its effect on the incidence of cerebrovascular accidents (CVAs).METHODSA systematic review was conducted from inception until December 2023 for randomized and propensity-score studies comparing CVA in patients without AF undergoing cardiac surgery with or without LAAO.RESULTSSix studies met our inclusion criteria with a total of 4130 patients: 2146 in the LAAO group and 1984 in the no-LAAO group. The risk ratio of postoperative AF was 1.05 (95% CI, 0.86-1.28); P=0.628. The CVA rates at 5 years were 6.8±1.0% in the no-LAAO group and 4.3±0.8% in the LAAO group (log-rank P=0.021). The Cox regression analysis for CVA in patients undergoing LAAO reported a hazard ratio of 0.65 (95% CI, 0.45-0.94); P=0.022. Landmark analysis at 4 years highlighted a significant difference in overall survival between no-LAAO and LAAO groups, 86±12.2% versus 89.6±11.0%; P=0.041.CONCLUSIONSIn this meta-analysis of patients without previous AF undergoing cardiac surgery, LAAO was associated with a decreased risk of CVA, no difference in the incidence of postoperative atrial fibrillation, and a significant overall survival benefit at a 4-year landmark analysis. Although these findings support LAAO, the randomized LeAAPS trial (Left Atrial Appendage Exclusion for Prophylactic Stroke Reduction Trial), LAA-CLOSURE trial (A Randomized Prospective Multicenter Trial for Stroke Prevention by Prophylactic Surgical Closure of the Left Atrial Appendage in Patients Undergoing Bioprosthetic Aortic Valve Surgery), and LAACS-2 trial (Left Atrial Appendage Closure by Surgery-2) will help define the effectiveness of LAAO in patients undergoing cardiac surgery who have risk factors for AF and CVA.REGISTRATIONURL: https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero/; Unique identifier: CRD42024496366.","PeriodicalId":10330,"journal":{"name":"Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions","volume":"67 1","pages":"e014296"},"PeriodicalIF":5.6,"publicationDate":"2024-09-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142217549","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M Haisum Maqsood, Celina M Yong, Sunil V Rao, Mauricio G Cohen, Samir Pancholy, Sripal Bangalore
{"title":"Procedural Outcomes With Femoral, Radial, Distal Radial, and Ulnar Access for Coronary Angiography: A Network Meta-Analysis.","authors":"M Haisum Maqsood, Celina M Yong, Sunil V Rao, Mauricio G Cohen, Samir Pancholy, Sripal Bangalore","doi":"10.1161/CIRCINTERVENTIONS.124.014186","DOIUrl":"10.1161/CIRCINTERVENTIONS.124.014186","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Radial artery access for coronary angiography or percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) reduces the risk of death, bleeding, and vascular complications and is preferred over femoral artery access, leading to a class 1 indication by clinical practice guidelines. However, alternate upper extremity access such as distal radial and ulnar access are not mentioned in the guidelines despite randomized trials. We aimed to evaluate procedural outcomes with femoral, radial, distal radial, and ulnar access sites in patients undergoing coronary angiography or PCI.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>PubMed, EMBASE, and clinicaltrials.gov databases were searched for randomized clinical trials that compared at least 2 of the 4 access sites in patients undergoing PCI or angiography. Primary outcomes were major bleeding and access site hematoma. Intention-to-treat mixed treatment comparison meta-analysis was performed.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>From 47 randomized clinical trials that randomized 38 924 patients undergoing coronary angiography or PCI, when compared with femoral access, there was a lower risk of major bleeding with radial access (odds ratio [OR], 0.46 [95% CI, 0.35-0.59]) and lower risk of access site hematoma with radial (OR, 0.34 [95% CI, 0.24-0.48]), distal radial (OR, 0.33 [95% CI, 0.20-0.56]), and ulnar (OR, 0.50 [95% CI, 0.31-0.83]) access. However, when compared with radial access, there was higher risk of hematoma with ulnar access (OR, 1.48 [95% CI, 1.03-2.14]).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Data from randomized trials support guideline recommendation of class 1 for the preference of radial access over femoral access in patients undergoing coronary angiography or PCI. Moreover, distal radial and ulnar access can be considered as a default secondary access site before considering femoral access.</p><p><strong>Registration: </strong>URL: https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/PROSPERO/; Unique identifier: 42024512365.</p>","PeriodicalId":10330,"journal":{"name":"Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions","volume":" ","pages":"e014186"},"PeriodicalIF":6.1,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141723222","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Sirolimus-Coated Balloons for In-Stent Restenosis: The Evolution of PCI.","authors":"Aloke V Finn","doi":"10.1161/CIRCINTERVENTIONS.124.014464","DOIUrl":"10.1161/CIRCINTERVENTIONS.124.014464","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":10330,"journal":{"name":"Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions","volume":" ","pages":"e014464"},"PeriodicalIF":6.1,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141757461","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Correction to: Consensus Statement on the Management of Nonthrombotic Iliac Vein Lesions From the VIVA Foundation, the American Venous Forum, and the American Vein and Lymphatic Society.","authors":"","doi":"10.1161/HCV.0000000000000093","DOIUrl":"10.1161/HCV.0000000000000093","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":10330,"journal":{"name":"Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions","volume":" ","pages":"e000093"},"PeriodicalIF":6.1,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142072184","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Samir R Kapadia, Robert W Yeh, Matthew J Price, Jonathan P Piccini, Devi G Nair, Agam Bansal, Jonathan C Hsu, James V Freeman, Thomas Christen, Dominic J Allocco, Douglas N Gibson
{"title":"Outcomes With the WATCHMAN FLX in Everyday Clinical Practice From the NCDR Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion Registry.","authors":"Samir R Kapadia, Robert W Yeh, Matthew J Price, Jonathan P Piccini, Devi G Nair, Agam Bansal, Jonathan C Hsu, James V Freeman, Thomas Christen, Dominic J Allocco, Douglas N Gibson","doi":"10.1161/CIRCINTERVENTIONS.123.013750","DOIUrl":"10.1161/CIRCINTERVENTIONS.123.013750","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>PINNACLE FLX (Protection Against Embolism for Nonvalvular AF Patients: Investigational Device Evaluation of the WATCHMAN FLX LAA Closure Technology) demonstrated improved outcomes and low incidence of adverse events with the WATCHMAN FLX device in a controlled setting. The National Cardiovascular Disease Registry's Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion Registry was utilized to assess the safety and effectiveness of WATCHMAN FLX in contemporary clinical practice in the United States.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>The WATCHMAN FLX Device Surveillance Post Approval Analysis Plan used data from the Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion registry to identify patients undergoing WATCHMAN FLX implantation between August 2020 and September 2022. The key safety end point was defined as all-cause death, ischemic stroke, systemic embolism, or device or procedure-related events requiring open cardiac surgery or major endovascular intervention between device implantation and hospital discharge. Major adverse events were reported at hospital discharge, 45 days, and 1 year.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Among 97 185 patients in the Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion registry undergoing WATCHMAN FLX, successful implantation occurred in 97.5% (n=94 784) of patients. The key safety end point occurred in 0.45% of patients. At 45 days post-procedure, all-cause death occurred in 0.81% patients, ischemic stroke in 0.23%, major bleeding in 3.1%, pericardial effusion requiring intervention in 0.50%, device-related thrombus in 0.44%, and device embolism in 0.04% patients. No peri-device leak was observed in 83.1% of patients at 45 days. At 1 year, the rate of all-cause death was 8.2%, the rate of any stroke was 1.5% (ischemic stroke, 1.2%), and major bleeding occurred in 6.4% of patients.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>In a large contemporary cohort of patients with the WATCHMAN FLX device, the rates of implant success and clinical outcomes through 1 year were comparable with the PINNACLE FLX study, demonstrating that favorable outcomes achieved in the pivotal approval study can be replicated in routine clinical practice.</p>","PeriodicalId":10330,"journal":{"name":"Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions","volume":" ","pages":"e013750"},"PeriodicalIF":6.1,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141757459","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Vasu Nandhakumar, Latchumanadhas Kalidoss, Mullasari S Ajit
{"title":"Response to Letter Regarding Article, \"Clinical Outcomes of Percutaneous Transcatheter Release of Stuck Mechanical Mitral Valve With Cerebral Embolic Protection\".","authors":"Vasu Nandhakumar, Latchumanadhas Kalidoss, Mullasari S Ajit","doi":"10.1161/CIRCINTERVENTIONS.124.014522","DOIUrl":"10.1161/CIRCINTERVENTIONS.124.014522","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":10330,"journal":{"name":"Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions","volume":" ","pages":"e014522"},"PeriodicalIF":6.1,"publicationDate":"2024-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141787372","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}